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Wikipedia article




"'Guitar Tango'" is a song originally recorded in French in 1961 as "Guitare-Tango". It was written by Georges Liferman, Norman Maine and Jacques Plaint and there were versions recorded by Dario Moreno, Tino Rossi and Maya Casabianca. However, the song is best known for the instrumental version released the following year by British group the Shadows which peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listings



'7": Columbia / DB 4870'

# "Guitar Tango" 2:59

# "What a Lovely Tune" 2:17

'7": Columbia / C 22 243 (Germany)'

# "Guitar Tango" 2:59

# "Driftin'" 2:31

'7": Columbia / SCMH 5130 (Netherlands)'

# "Guitar Tango" 2:59

# "Nivram" 3:19

Personnel



* Hank Marvin acoustic lead guitar

* Bruce Welch acoustic rhythm guitar

* Jet Harris electric bass guitar

* Brian Bennett drums

*Norrie Paramor Orchestra all other instrumentation

Charts



References



Category:1962 singles

Category:Rock instrumentals

Category:1962 songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor

Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles

Category:The Shadows songs

Category:1960s instrumentals

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